The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DAMODAR M. PAI and JOHN F. YANUS ____________ Appeal No. 1997-3646 Application No. 08/172,521 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before GARRIS, KRATZ, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 15-17 and 19-29, as amended after final rejection. Claim 30, the only other claim pending in this application, has been indicated as allowable by the examiner.1 BACKGROUND See page 2 of the supplemental examiner’s answer.1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007